Vestee



y 1950 A. M. SUMMERS 2,508,732

" VESTEE Filed July 22, 1947 INVENTOR. fl/VA/A M SUMMEQS Patented May 23, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VESTEE Anna M. Summers, Pittsburgh, Pa. Application July 22, 1947, Ser ial No. 762,627

1 Claim. (01. 2- 119) This invention relates generally to wearing apparel for men and more particularly to a mans shirt front known as a vestee.

Men working in mills, mines, shops and the like ordinarily wear a uniform or work clothes during working hours and are required to change clothes to travel to and from work which represents a relatively short period of the day during which time they wear a suit coat or jacket. This 'travel between home and work in some commercial districts subjects the individuals to a considerable amount of dirt requiring him to wear a relaundered shirt every day. The work required of a home or commercial laundry for shirts is a considerable chore particularly where there is more than one individual to a household.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a structure to lighten this burden and to also provide wearing apparel in the nature of a shirt front that, when worn under a coat, sweater or jacket, has every appearance of a shirt whether it is a dress shirt or sport shirt. A vestee such as this is also advantageous for use by a man whose occupation requires him to wear his suit coat or jacket continuously through the hours of his working day.

Another object is the provision of a vestee having only a neck yoke, collar and front panels.

Another object is the provision of a vestee simulating a shirt front and having straight parallel marginal edges with arm holes or sleeves.

Another object is the provision of a vestee made up of a neck yoke and front panels providing a neck opening and having straps connected to the rear of the neck yoke on each side of the neck opening to the outer marginal sides of the front panels above the waistline.

Another object is the provision of a vestee made up of a neck yoke and front panels providing a neck opening having an elastic waist band connecting the outer marginal edges of the panels at corresponding points above the waist line and strap members connecting the neck yoke from each side of the neck opening to the waist band to a point intermediate the ends of the latter.

Other objects and advantages appear hereinafter in the disclosure set forth in the drawing, description and claim.

A practical embodiment illustrating the principles of this invention is shown on the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the vestee comprising this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the vestee shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the vestee coma 2 prises the neck yoke l which is preferably made similar to that of a shirt with any stripes or designs running horizontally. This neck yoke has the right and left marginal edges 2 and 3 and the rear or back marginal edge 4. The width of the edges 2 and 3 may vary relative to the width of the intermediate section. In some instances the edges land 3 may be as much as three inches and the intermediate sectionmay be three inches from the marginal edge 4 to the back of the collar 5.

The neck yoke is provided with the neck opening 6 which is arcuately cut to fit the collar 5.

, The frontvofthe vestee is provided with the right and, left panelmembers I and 8, the outer marginal sides 9 and ID of which are substantially straight and parallel with one another. The top of each panel section is attached to the front of the neck yoke as shown at l l and I2 and they are cut away to complete the neck opening 8.

The neck opening 6, which is formed in the neck yoke and the two panel members, is secured to the bottom annular edge of the neck band l3 of the collar 5 and is in this instance an integral portion of the outer or over collar portion l4 that is provided with the usual collar wing tips.

Where the vestee is intended to simulate a sport shirt, having a soft collar, the neck band l3 may be omitted and the collar M be sewed directly to the arcuate edges of the neck yoke l and of the front panels I and 8.

The inner marginal edges of the panel members I and 8 may be secured together if a sufilcient opening is left for the head or they may be detachably connected by any type of fastening means such as the spaced buttons and button holes l5 and Hi.

The marginal edges 2 and 3 of the neck yoke I may flare slightly outwardly as they progress toward the rear edge 4 as shown and the front edges II and H of this neck yoke may extend slightly toward the rear of the collar as shown. Although these edges are shown substantially at right angles to each other and the edges 2 and 3 are substantially straight with the outer marginal edges 9 and ill of the panel members they may be varied to fit the top of the shoulders and conform to the person of the wearer.

The bottoms I1 and I8 of the panel members are preferably as long as the ordinary fore part of a shirt tail so that they may be properly held within the trousers and as shown they extend considerably below the normal waist line indicated by the dotted line Ill.

The vestee is properly held in place on the person of the wearer by means of the waist band 20 which is preferably made of elastic tape so that it will hold the buttoned panel members snugly to the body but not tight enough to indent the flesh or pull the panel members out of their normal position One or more tapes may be employed to connect the rear of the neck yoke to the waist band 20 such as shown by the tape 2 I. This tape is preferably non-elastic and the end of one section 22 is attached to the rear edge of the neck yoke as indicated at 23 while the other end 24 is con- 4 the tape sections together above the loop as 'indicated at 28. These straps may be made independent of one another-and spaced apart where they connect to the waist band .but the single strap providing twosections as shown has been found to be very satisfactory. In connecting the ends of the strap sections to the rear edge 4 of the neck yoke it has been found that there should be substantially equal distances between the outer tangential planesof the neck openingli and the edges 2 and 3 of the neck yoke.

The front panels may be made to extend to the marginal edge] of the neck yoke to form the latter with the ordinarydouble thickness material.

Izclaim:

In a-'vestee-of the character described; the combination of -a-neck yoke arranged to extend.

across the shoulders and'having an arcuate neck 4 opening in the front thereof, right and left panel members secured at their upper ends to the neck yoke and extending to a point materially below the waistline, means for securing the inner marginal edges of the right and left panel members to one another, a collar member secured to the neck yoke and each of said panel members, a band to extend around the back of the wearer andhaving its ends secured to the right and left panel members at the waistline, and a strap member looped over and secured to the intermediate portion of the band, each of the free ends of said strap member being secured to the rear edge of the neck yoke at positions on opposite sides of the collar which positions are mid-way between the outer limits of the collar and the adjacent side edges of the neck yoke.

ANNA M. SUMMERS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in "the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,235,353 Beede Mar. 18, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 15,382 Great Britain of 1889 19,498 GreatBritain of 19 10 93,652 Austria July 25, 1925 671,476 France Sept. 2, 1929 26,166 Australia Dec.l29, 19.30 

